Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-10
MANCHESTER NEWS.
FINANCE COMMITTEES RECOMMENDS
THEPuHpIEG OF THE oIrYsDEBr.
The Council to Meet To.Night-some Of
the Matters that will DO
Considered Personal.

poltance TO be considered, and II IL 10 be
hoped that the attendance will be both iull
and prompt.
This will be the last meeting OF the
present Council unless for some cause
special one Is called. The four members
recently elected enter off, the LIST OF July.
Three OF these are present members. SD
that virtually the only difference between
the present Council and the new one VIII
be in the colored member from the Thlrd
Ward, succeeding Mr.. John Perry. Ihe
now body will organize at the July meet
ing. The Finance Committee met IN the
Council chamber OF o'clock last night.
Present: Messrs. +. w. Wesiger Chair
mani, j. r. Perdue, John O'BrieD, James
f. Bradley, G. A. Jones, and Treasurer j
W. Bronaugb, Jr., who acted as secretary.
Bills for the monthly expenses, aggregating
| S317.30, were approved and recommended
10 the Council for payment.
The first matter reached after the routine
business bad been opposed Of was the conf
municalion from Mr.. NJ. Leonard, pre-
.ident OF the Old Dominion Electric Light
and Power Company, received at the last
meeting Of the Council, saying that he was
| Informed that the city had passed an ordl-
nance exempllng from taxation for ten
wears all manufacturing enterprises located
| m the corporate limits, and asking II said
ccmpany's ground, buildings, and ma
| chjnery would not receive this exemption.
| The cOmmiitee decided to recommend to
tie Council that the secretary OF that body
| inform Mr.. Leonard thlt there Is no such
| ordinance a. lie refers to.
THE cITY's DEBT.
The committee next proceeded to con-
! slider the question OF funding the citFs
debt. ana the following resolution was
adopted:
That we recommend that the Finance
| Committee be instructed to have prepared
bonds to the amount of sG0,0O0, to bear In
terest at 6 per cent, in substitution OF
| 100000 OF 3 per cent. bonds now out
Standing. The bonds will be made re.
deenablo at the option OF the ely.
TIE NEW RAILWAY.
Immediately after the adjournment OF
the Finance Committee the Committee on
Streets assembled with all OF the above gen.
tlemen present except Mr.. Perdue, who Is
not member Of this committee. Mr.
O'Brieu is not . member, but remained.
The first matter that engaged the atten'
ton Of the committee was The petition ol
the Midlothian and Manchester and Rich
mond Railway and Mining Compny ask
Ing certain privileges at the hands OF tdC
Council.
This company proposes to c0nstruct
road from lugueuOt springs, IN PowDaiau
county, through Chesterfield 3y Midio,hiln
to Manchester and Richmond, and asks of
the city that il be allowed TO lay siogie ol
double tracks either on Decatur or Maury
streets from the corporate line to the Rtcn
mond and Petersburg turnpike. thence t.
Cowardin avenue. thenye to Semmes stree
when oponed. and Go@n Semmes street L
seventh; and that for the present Sllt
company te allowed TO run down Perry ol
30 much OF McDOnough as may not connlc
with any rights granted to the Mancheste
Railway and Improvement Company. |
is proposed TO run on these streets ear
known as the dummy motor, the speed Il
be regulated by an Ordioance OF the city.
The cars hauling freight are to be rul
down stockton street from the corporation
to sixth street and thence to point nea
The Free bridge. where the freight and pas
,enger routes will uhite. The company
given six months within which to periec
their plans OF organization and commenc
work, ana six months from the time O
commencement i'm which 10 complete In
work The company is 10 be eXemp, ifOn
taxation for five years.
Ma,or Taylo representing himself an
associates, appeared before the commute
and explained in detail what Is propose
ny bis con pany.
The committee unanimously recon
mended that Ihe rights aud privilege
asked for be- granted, with the followin
cordiliOns, which were accepted by MI
TAYLOR That q hen the city payes anv @
the streets named the company shall plv
between its track; where there Is no PAWN
il shall lay along its track on bJth sides
3Xl2 inch plank close enough 20 the rail
to prevent wheels Of vehicles slipping dow
on either side Of the track.
PAVING ORDINANCE.
The committee next took up the street
paving ordinance.
Mavor Taylor asked leave to wIthdrlS
bi, communication sent 10 the Council q
its last meeting recommending thIt gutter
OF granite blocks be pus along the bloc
including the waters aed-Say from seVent
to Twelfth and from Scmmes TO Decitu
streets. He said thit be seGt in toe pIpe
under the impression that the paving ordi
nance had struck snag.
The committee proceeded TO consider Tn
paVIrg ordinance section by section, an
finally, at 10 O'Clock. decided tn report I
as q whole, without amendment. Mayo
Taylor suggested that plat OF the city b
made, to be kept in the clerks office I
show upon what property the tax assesse
for paving purposes has been paid. Othe
changes were suggested, but 1t was deemei
best to make no changes at all, but TO al
here TO the original paper rather than incu
the risk Of having its passage ieOpirdlzed
The readers Of the Dispatch are iamilil
with The provisions OF this measure.
At ll:35 O'Clock, when the Dispatch r.
porter left for Richmond, the committe
] bad Just begun to wade INTO mass OF mat
ter, which, from all appearances, would Ia.
for two hours or more.
MAsOS1C.
\ regular meeting OF Manchester Roya
Arch Chapter, NO. IS, was held last night
Degrees were conferred on one candidate
The following officers have been electe'
by H0bson Lodge. No. %, colOred MasOns
Of this city: y. L. johnson, worshipfu
master: Charles w. Thompson, senlo
warden: A. Q. Powell, junior warden
Richard Baker, treasurer; William II
, Hughes, secretary; =. L. Richardson
senior deacon; C.. Il. Woodbridge, iuni0
deacon; Joseph Goo1e aud william VII
kinson, stewards; Merchant Elliott, chal
lain, and John Baker. tiler.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
At present the operatives in the cotton
factories here 90 to work at ! A. NJ, hav
bali hour for dinner, stop at g =. NJ
except Saturday, when they stop at |
, Ma great improvement on former years
when they were kept at wock until after
: o'clock a. night.
DR.. l.. B. spencer h'"ing received
postal from Blackstone, Npttoway county
saving that his son. in.Ia - Rev. Il. p. Epe'
who has been sick SOM rI'ne at his brother
residence, near that poinI, mad had Tesps'
has gone up there.
Mrs. Reuben Moore, OF this city, has r.
, ceiyed letter saying that her husband, VIII
is employed at q saw.mill in one OF th
counties near the North Carolina line, ha
received very bad cut In bis left leg. y
? | particulars were given; only that he ht
, | received a wound two and q quarter incht
| long and over an inch deep.
/ Masters Johnnie Hewlett and Gus Gal
Der returned yesterday from Staunton
where they attended the Deaf and Dunno an
; Blind destitute. The former won the dt
bater's medal, which is quite pretty one
also pIize for efficiency In piano tunins
Judge Hancock was In the city YESTERDAY
He holds court in Petersburg again TO-DAY
The entertainment under the auspices {
r | and for the benefit OF the Presbyteria
| chulch closes to- night with an interestiu
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